Combination memorandum-holder and perpetual calendar



(No Model.)

J. W. L-ILLEY.

GOMBINATION MEMORANDUM HOLDER AND PERPETUAL CALENDAR. No. 367,217. Patented J11'1y26, 1887.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN w. LILLEY, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

COMBINATION 'MEMORANDUM-HOLDERAND PERPETUAL CALENDAR.

' $PIECIPICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 367,217, dated July 26, 1887.

Application filed February 23, 1887. Serial No. 228,615. (No model.) i

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. LILLEY, of the city of Columbus, in the county of Frank lin, in the State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement known as a Combination Memorandum-Holder and Perpetual Calendar, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a convenient and useful paper-weight calendar and memorandum-holder.

My invention consists of a reversible wedgeshaped box, preferably of metal, open at the bottom, with ends parallel and sides sloping to nearly approach each at the top, inside of which are pivoted two circular disks, one containing the names of the twelve calendar months, the other containing the figures one (1) to thirty-one, (31,) inclusive, to represent the number of days in any one month. These two circular disks or calendars have edges exposed to view through openings at thetop of the box,on the sloping sides of which are slips or slides for receiving and holding memorandum-cards; also, above the latter, on either side, are the names of the six work-days of the week. A knob or button at the top adds convenience for handling or moving the device as a paper-weight. i

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is an elevation showing one entire sideof the device. Fig. 2 is alongitudinal section showing thecircular disks and pivots. Fig. 3 is an end elevation showing the slit and the edge of one disk exposed to facilitate rotating with the fingers. Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken in the line at x of Fig. 2, showing the mountings for and pivoting of the disks, and also the card-slips on the sloping sides.

The same letters indicatelike parts.

A is the wedge-shaped box, the slope of the sides being shown in Figs. 3 and 4; and g is the knob or handle.

Near the top in Fig. 1 are shown the first three days of the week, which are printed upon the box, below which is one for each cardslip A. At the sides of the latter are overhanging strips eff e, in andunder which the cards slide to hold them in place. Across these at the top are the bar or guide strips under which the cards slide. At the bottom of the slips is a projecting rim to prevent the cards from sliding through. At the top there is an arching hollow extension, b, on each side or end of the knob,with the opening a, through which the month and the day of the month may be seen from either side of the box as the revoluble disks stand and revolve inside. The manner of mounting these disks is shown in Figs. 2 and 4. The disks are pivoted, as shown by the apertures 76, Fig. 2, to receive the pivot-screw d, Fig. 4, the latter being secured to the'wood pieces h. The wooden strips or blocks h are held in place by screws, Fig. 4, through the shell of the box;

Fig. 4 shows the position of the disks in the hollow extension I) at the top, also the window opening 0 on both sides, so'that the month and dateon the disk may be observed through said opening a whichever side of the box maybe toward the observer.

The disk bearing or indicating the day of the month, 1 to 31, is set in such position that its edge 12 just reaches through the slit Z, Fig. 3, so that it can be turned with the fingers to shift the dates Without lifting the box or the paper-weight. This provision is preferably not necessary for the disk bearing or indicating the names of the months, because for the few times in the year that this disk is to be moved no noticeableinconvenience arises from raising the box and operating or moving the disk on the inside through or from the open bottom.

As a paper-weight, the whole device is to be lifted about and used in the usual way.

As a calendar, the month and day of the month are, to be viewed through the little window 0 for either side; and for the first part of the week that side bearing the words Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday is to be toward the observer, while for the latter part of the week, or the last half of the week, the

7 other side is to be toward the observer.

As a memorandum-holder, case, or stand, the cards in the slips or slides a are always ready forjotting down any briefitem or notice where it must be constantly before the eye, each item being placed to the proper dayof the week.

. I claim as myinvention- 1. The wedgeshaped box A, having printed on its sides the names of the days of the week and having projecting from said sides beneath said names the guide and slide strips eff 0, between which are adapted to be held memorandunrcards, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

2. The combination, with the box A, having the openings 0 on each side of its arched extensions b, of the calendar-disks within said box, on the margin of each side of which are made to appear, respectively, the names of the months and the numerals, as described, said disks being adapted to be revolved and stand so that said names and numerals may be viewed through the openings 0 from either side of the box, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

S. The combination, with the box A,having the openings 0, as described, and the slots Z in each end thereof, of the calendar-disks pivoted within said box so as to project through said slots to admit of their being revolved, substantially as specified.

JOH\ XV. LILLEY.

\Vitnesses:

F. SIEGEL, J12, F. A. SIEGEL. 

